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I think the wasted screenestate to the left of the login bar might be used for linking to the other sites...Right now, there are only three sites (SO, SF, SU) and meta. However, I think a dropdown menu linking to the three main sites might be useful to some people, as long as it isn't distracting.

The links are at the bottom. I don't think moving the links upward would be a good choice, as I wouldn't expect most typical users to care. They want answers to questions. The more "dedicated" users who are interested in the overall community, I would expect to follow the blog and other related things that would help direct them to new areas/features as they are added.

Having a list of sister sites isn't the same as "funneling" users to any particular site. It's a convention commonly used online to allow ease of access for the audience.
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Jonathan SampsonJun 29 '09 at 20:14